CHAPTER VIII.

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The binding of the first printed books--Ancient German bindings--Binding in the time of Louis XII.--Italian bindings--Aldus--Maioli--Grolier--Francis I.--Henry II. and Diane de Poitiers--Catherine de Medicis--Henry III.--The Eves--The "fanfares"--Louis XIII.--Le Gascon--Florimond Badier--Louis XIV.--Morocco leathers--Cramoisy--The bindings of the time of Louis XIV.--The regency--Pasdeloup--The Deromes--Dubuisson--Thouvenin--Lesné--The nineteenth century--English binders--Roger Payne--Francis Bedford.